Bottle.



PATBNTED NOV. 20, 1906.

E. M. SMITH, JR.

, BOTTLE.

APPLICATION IILBD AUG. 18, 1906.

m 1% i 6 n. 6 a M W/TNESSES BY a ' ATTORNEYS EUGENE MONTGOMERY SMITH, Jlt, OF CANTON, MISSISSIPPI.

BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 20, 1906.

Application filed August 18, 1906. Serial No. 331.161.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE MONTGOMERY SMITH, J r., a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Canton, in the county of Madison and State of Mississippi, have invented a new and Improved Bottle, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention has for its object to provide a bottle with means adapted to prevent the bottle being refilled and placed upon the market a second time without being detected. This I accomplish by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which drawings like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the views, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly broken away, of a bottle embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1, a seal being shown in transverse vertical section. Fig. 3 is a side elevation, partly broken away, of a bottle, showing a modification of my invention; and Fig. 4 is a similar view of a bottle embodying a further modification of my invention.

As illustrated in the drawings, a bottle 1 is provided with a neck 2, having a head 4 formed thereon, with its edge beveled inwardly, as shown in Fig. 2. Frangible arms 3 are formed integral with the bottle and preferably with the neck portion 2 thereof and extend upward, so that their upper ends will lie in the plane of the head 4 of the bottle. The upper ends of the arms 3 are preferably provided with shoulders 3*. After the bottle has been filled and a cork inserted in the neck thereof a seal 5, formed of any suitable indurating material, such as onehalf part of cement and one-half part of sand, is applied in a plastic condition, so as to inclose the head 4 of the bottle and the upper ends of the arms 3, lying in the plane of said head. When such material becomes hardened, it will be impossible to remove the seal from the head of the bottle without fracturing thearms 3, the upper ends of which are immovably connected with said seal. After such arms have been fractured the cap 5 may readily be removed from the head 4 of the bottle, because of the inward bevel formed on the edge of said head, which permits the seal to be readily removed therefrom.

While I prefer to form the upper ends of the arms 3 with shoulders 3*, I do not desire to be limited to such construction. Any

other suitable means formed on the upper ends of the arms 3 may be used without departing from my invention, such as bending the upper ends of said arms inward, thereby enabling the ends of said arms to obtain a permanent fastening in the seal 5. Other modifications of my invention may also be used without departing therefrom. Thus arms 6 (shown in Fig. 3) may be formed in tegral with the body of the bottle instead of with the neck thereof, and in some instances I purpose to reinforce the neck 2 of the bottle by means of a collar 8, having arms 7 formed integral therewith and connected at their upper ends to the seal 5. The collar 8 may be formed on the neck of the bottle and integral therewith, or it may, if desired, be made independently of the bottle and clamped to the neck thereof by any suitable means.

When a bottle constructed as shown and described herein has once been opened, it cannot be again refilled and placed upon the market without bearing evidence of the fact that it has been so refilled and offered for sale a second time.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A bottle provided with a head having an inwardly-beveled edge and arms formed integral with the bottle, and having their upper ends lying in the plane of said head, and an indurated seal inclosing said head and the ends of said arms, substantially as shown and described.

2. A bottle provided with a head having an inwardly-beveled edge and arms formed integral with the said bottle, and provided with flanges on their upper ends lying in the plane of said head, and an indurated seal inclosing said head and the flanges of said arms, substantially as shown and described.

8. A bottle provided with a head having an inwardly-beveled edge and arms formed integral with the neck of said bottle, having their upper ends lying in the plane of said head, and an indurated seal inclosing said head and the ends of said arms, substantially as shown and described.

4. A bottle provided with a head having an inwardly-beveled edge and arms extending outwardly from the neck of said bottle, with their upper ends lying in the plane of said head, and an indurated seal inclosing said head and the ends of said arms, substantially as shown and described.

5. A bottle provided with a head having an inwardly-beveled edge and arms formed integral with said bottle, having their upper ends lying in the plane of said head, and an indurated seal adapted to be applied in a collar, with their upper ends lying in the plane of said head, and an indurated seal inclosing said head and the ends of said arms, substantially as shown and described In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EUGENE MONTGOMERY SMITH, JR. Witnesses:

JNo. B. HOWELL, .1110. T. SHARP, Jr.

plastic condition inclosing said head and the ends of said arm, substantially as shown and described.

6. A bottle provided with a head having an inwardly-beveled edge and a neck having a collar, arms extending outward from said 

